Decision details

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport seeking approval of expenditure, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, on schemes already included in the Environment and Transport capital programme for 2010/11 (to be approved at February Council). The highway improvement schemes, which form the largest part of the programme, will be assessed using the rigorous application of the Transport Asset Management Plan.

(i)  To approve variations, totalling £432,000 in 2010/11, to the Environment and Transport Capital Programme agreed at Council on 17^th February 2010, as detailed in Appendix 4.

(ii)  To approve, in accordance with Financial Procedure Rules, capital expenditure of £10,489,000 in 2010/11, as detailed in Appendix 2, from the total Environment and Transport Capital Programme of £21,172,000.

(iii)  To note the detail of the projects within the Capital Programme for 2010/11 as set out in Appendix 5.

1. The programme has been carefully devised to ensure that the Council’s priorities in respect of highways and transportation, as set out in the City of Southampton Local Transport Plan 2006 - 2011 (LTP2) are fully met.
2. The programme is fully in accordance with the Transport Asset Management Plan (TAMP). The individual projects make up a programme of works which will deliver a continued real improvement to the condition and safety of the highway network and promote sustainable forms of transport.
3. The programme includes works other than highways infrastructure improvements, e.g. Salix, Gantry Development – Energy Infrastructure.

A smaller programme than that proposed would undermine the essential support for the ongoing development of the City, fail to meet the objectives set out in LTP2 or deliver any noticeable improvement in the basic highway infrastructure.